{"id":26088,"date":"2026-06-10T10:16:37","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T14:16:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=26088"},"modified":"2026-06-10T10:16:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T14:16:38","slug":"alcohol-masked-my-ptsd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=26088","title":{"rendered":"Alcohol masked my PTSD"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>(Source &#8211; news.va.gov)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Veteran Chris Swift on PTSD and substance use<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chris Swift spent years as a combat medic in Afghanistan and Iraq, and he loved it. \u201cBest job in the military,\u201d he said. \u201cWhen you\u2019re out there, they count on you. You really get to know the guys. Guys will tell you stuff they won\u2019t tell their wives.\u201d  Continue reading <a href=\"https:\/\/news.va.gov\/147330\/alcohol-masked-my-ptsd\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/news.va.gov\/147330\/alcohol-masked-my-ptsd\/\">here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"54\" class=\"wp-image-20064\" style=\"width: 225px;\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/VA-dept-of-vet-affairs.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/VA-dept-of-vet-affairs.png 418w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/VA-dept-of-vet-affairs-300x72.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Notice:<\/strong>\u00a0The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Source &#8211; news.va.gov) Veteran Chris Swift on PTSD and substance use Chris Swift spent years as a combat medic in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48,494,7],"tags":[180,87,245],"class_list":["post-26088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mental-healthbehavioral-health","category-ptsd","category-veterans-benefits","tag-ptsd","tag-veterans","tag-veterans-health-care"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26088"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26088\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26089,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26088\/revisions\/26089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}